Corel Corporation has announced that it has inked a deal with Spinway, Inc. to provide free Internet access on Linux, Windows and Mac platforms. As part of the deal, Corel will include a CD of the free ISP service specially designed for Corel Linux.

JOEL'S OPINION
This is great news for Linux newbies. One of the first things that people like to do when they get a Linux box set up is connect it to the 'Net. From now on, instead of having to setup your own dial-up account you can run the install disk that comes with the product and be connected to the 'Net in no time and for free!

I've been a user of a co-branded Spinway service for sometime now called Bluelight.com. In the year since I've been using the service, I've only had one time where I couldn't connect to the 'Net. Of course, I only use the service as backup but it's nice to know that a backup of that quality is ready and willing to serve.